2. Sriracha is the type of sauce; Huy Fong is the brand name

3. It's actually significantly less hot than a jalapeño

According to the benchmark of all things spicy, the Scoville scale, Sriracha scores 2,200 points. The red jalapeño peppers used in the sauce lose nearly half of their spiciness in processing, which puts the sauce on par with Fresno and Anaheim peppers -- both of which are about as hot as their namesake cities.